Cortex Of Light

3XL’s first new one of 2025 is a synapse-tickling dose of classic FSOL-era world-building that takes in gloopy trance cooked down with sub-heavy, vaporous dub, mutant acid, breakbeat rave, Artificial Intelligence and a Mark Fell-style algorithmic brainmelt. Italian trio Cortex of Light's first proper album goes down like a spliff and a hit of DMT - big tip if yr anywhere on the spectrum from Future Sound Of London to Monolake, Vladimir Ivkovic to Pavel Milyakov.